1、2018/9/27,1,Is it a dream for space tourism?,2,1. orbit: 轨道, 势力范围, 生活常规, 眼眶vt. 绕.轨道而行 vi.进入轨道, 沿轨道飞行, 盘旋2. vehicle: 交通工具, 车辆, 媒介物, 传达手段3. negotiation: 商议, 谈判, 流通4. launch: 下水, 汽艇, 发射, 发行, 投放市起飞, 下水, 投入, 开始5. observe: 观察, 观测, 遵守, 评述, 说6. candidate: 候选人, 投考者 7. NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Ad
2、ministration(美国)国家航空和宇宙航行局8. object: To put forward in or as a reason for opposition; 提出作为反对的理由；9. civilian: 平民 average citizen,3,1. Who paid between huge dollars to spend one week on the International Space Station ?2. Which country originally objected to the Russian plan to permit civilian on spac
3、e travel?,4,3. Which company can organize space trips for civilians? 4. Why civilian travel can not be considered as one of the industries currently?5. What are the basic requirements for a person who wish to travel to the International Space Station?,5,6. Do you think space tourism will become an i
4、ndustry in future? Give your reasons.,6,Would you like to orbit 1 the Earth inside the International Space Station? Now you can take a space holiday for a price. This is due to a recent decision by top space officials of the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency. Last Ap
5、ril, American businessman Dennis Tito reportedly paid between twelve-million and twenty-million dollars to spend one week on the International Space Station. NASA had strongly,7,objected to the Russian plan to permit a civilian on the costly research vehicle 2. After two years of negotiations 3, spa
6、ce officials have agreed on a process to train private citizens to take trips to the International Space Station.NASA recently agreed to conditions that will permit Russia to sell trips to the space station. The trips are planned by an American company called Space Adventures Limited of,8,Arlington,
7、 Virginia. The company calls itself “the worlds leading space tourism company.” The company has sold a space trip to Mark Shuttleworth, a South African businessman. In April, Mister Shuttleworth will be launched 4 into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Experts say the change in policy
8、 at NASA shows a new desire to use space vehicles for business and industrial purposes. In a speech to,9,Congress last year, NASA official Michael Hawes said that the space agency had not considered civilian travel as one of the industries it wanted to develop. However, Mister Hawes said that privat
9、e space travel could now be done as long as safety measures are observed 5 carefully.Yet, the average citizen will not be able to travel into space in the near future. Space Adventures Limited sells a training program for,10,space flight that costs two-hundred-thousand dollars. That price does not i
10、nclude the cost of the trip to the International Space Station. That holiday in space costs twenty-million dollars.Candidates for adventure space travel trips must be in excellent health and must pass difficult health tests. They must receive a lot of training. However, Special English can help you
11、prepare for a space holiday. This is,11,because all successful candidates 6 who wish to travel to the International Space Station must be able to read and speak English. This VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT was written by Mario Ritter.,12,13,Standard Answers,1. Who paid between huge dollars to sp
12、end one week on the International Space Station?American businessman, Dennis Tito2. Which country originally objected to the Russian plan to permit civilian on space travel? United States, U.S.A,14,3. Who can organize space trips for civilians? an American company, Space Adventures Limited of Arling
13、ton4. Why civilian travel can not be considered as one of the industries currently?Because the numbers are limited,15,5. What are the basic requirements for a person who wish to travel to the International Space Station? He must be good health and be able to read and speak in English,16,6. Do you think space tourism will become an industry in future? Give your reasons.It is true as the new technology will permit more and more people to travel in space.,
